Agrobacterium yellow group: Bacteremia and possible septic arthritis following peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-104

  Chalandon, Y ^a,b   Roscoe, D L ^a   Nantel, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Autologous; Septic arthritis; Stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0033923821     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702470     Document Type: Article

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